The excuse of ignorance in matters of shirk (associating partners with Allah)
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Question:
This questioner asks Your Eminence the Shaykh about the excuse of ignorance in matters of shirk (associating partners with Allah). He says: Does it exist, or does it not exist at all? Or is there an excuse of ignorance, but not for every kind of ignorance? We hope for clarification on this.
Answer:
One is not excused by ignorance in matters of 'aqidah (creed) except for one who is cut off from the scholars and to whom nothing has reached. As for one to whom programs on the radio reach, and who hears the scientific words that are broadcast and transmitted, he is not excused by ignorance. Now, the religion has reached the east and the west through the media, as you know. Yes.
This questioner asks Your Eminence the Shaykh about the excuse of ignorance in matters of shirk (associating partners with Allah). He says: Does it exist, or does it not exist at all? Or is there an excuse of ignorance, but not for every kind of ignorance? We hope for clarification on this.
Answer:
One is not excused by ignorance in matters of 'aqidah (creed) except for one who is cut off from the scholars and to whom nothing has reached. As for one to whom programs on the radio reach, and who hears the scientific words that are broadcast and transmitted, he is not excused by ignorance. Now, the religion has reached the east and the west through the media, as you know. Yes.
Source
75-لقاءات مع الشيخ صالح الفوزان - 15-.-12-5-1439 — archive.org (43:12)
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